The 15th International Symposium on Society and Resource Management will be hosted by The University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences (BOKU) from July 5 – 8, 2009 in Vienna, Austria.

The symposium will be held at the Austria Center Vienna, the largest conference centre in Austria.

The theme for the ISSRM 2009 is:

Meet Old and New Worlds in Research, Planning and Management

- Discussing methodological traditions versus pragmatic solutions
- Exploring cultural and political influences on planning and decision making processes
- Feeling the transdisciplinary and transboundary character of research and management

The topics for the symposium include:

• Outdoor recreation
• Nature-based tourism
• Sustainable tourism development
• Climate change adaptation and mitigation
• Management and development of protected areas
• Social science and collaborative planning in forestry and agriculture
• Innovative approaches to resource management
• Wildlife management
• Environmental education
• Human behaviour and recreation research
• Visitor monitoring
• Landscape perception and preferences
• Place attachment
• Environmental Impact Assessment
• Forest inventory and sustainable resource management
• Water management
• Cross-cultural cooperation and management
• Collaborative landscape planning